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Life expectancy, in years, 2022:

The average for 2022 based on 47 countries was 62.32 years. The highest value was in Cape Verde: 74.72 years and the lowest value was in Chad: 53 years. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2022. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: years; Source: The United Nations Population Division
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Countries Life expectancy, 2022 Global rank Available data
Cape Verde 74.72 1 1960 - 2022
Seychelles 73.85 2 1980 - 2022
Mauritius 73.51 3 1960 - 2022
S.T.&Principe 68.79 4 1960 - 2022
Senegal 67.91 5 1960 - 2022
Rwanda 67.13 6 1960 - 2022
Tanzania 66.78 7 1960 - 2022
Eritrea 66.6 8 1960 - 2022
Botswana 65.91 9 1960 - 2022
Gabon 65.69 10 1960 - 2022
Ethiopia 65.64 11 1960 - 2022
Sudan 65.58 12 1960 - 2022
Madagascar 65.23 13 1960 - 2022
Mauritania 64.69 14 1960 - 2022
Ghana 63.94 15 1960 - 2022
Comoros 63.68 16 1960 - 2022
Uganda 63.64 17 1960 - 2022
R. of Congo 63.05 18 1960 - 2022
Gambia 62.91 19 1960 - 2022
Malawi 62.9 20 1960 - 2022
Niger 62.08 21 1960 - 2022
Kenya 62.06 22 1960 - 2022
Burundi 61.98 23 1960 - 2022
Angola 61.93 24 1960 - 2022
Zambia 61.8 25 1960 - 2022
Togo 61.59 26 1960 - 2022
South Africa 61.48 27 1960 - 2022
Eq. Guinea 61.19 28 1960 - 2022
Liberia 61.1 29 1960 - 2022
Cameroon 60.96 30 1960 - 2022
Sierra Leone 60.41 31 1960 - 2022
Benin 59.95 32 1960 - 2022
G.-Bissau 59.86 33 1960 - 2022
Burkina Faso 59.77 34 1960 - 2022
DR Congo 59.74 35 1960 - 2022
Mozambique 59.63 36 1960 - 2022
Mali 59.42 37 1960 - 2022
Zimbabwe 59.39 38 1960 - 2022
Guinea 58.99 39 1960 - 2022
Ivory Coast 58.92 40 1960 - 2022
Namibia 58.06 41 1960 - 2022
Swaziland 56.36 42 1960 - 2022
Somalia 56.11 43 1960 - 2022
C.A. Republic 54.48 44 1960 - 2022
Nigeria 53.63 45 1960 - 2022
Lesotho 53.04 46 1960 - 2022
Chad 53 47 1960 - 2022



Definition: Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.

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